Where is the 1 series made ??

airhead · 07-04-2008, 05:12 AM

Thank you to whoever has too much spare bandwidth. Got it in less than hour!

dodgey · 07-04-2008, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by airhead

Thank you to whoever has too much spare bandwidth. Got it in less than hour!

You stole my bandwidth!! :eyebulge:

I could have put it on a flash disk for you matey

I also have the "Inside Jaguar" show that aired before the BMW one if you want...

Zuzu · 07-04-2008, 05:40 AM

That was a great show as well..

dodgey · 07-04-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Zuzu

That was a great show as well..

Not as good as the BMW Super Factory or the Ferrari Super Factory one

Zuzu · 07-04-2008, 05:55 AM

Thats cause the Jaguar show was more sales orientated

AussieRacer · 07-04-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by cozza

Where from? Link please :smile:

Dodgey posted the torrent link above: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1559035

I've still got 7hrs to go, but cause I run a laptop it has been on/off and is a little away from the router at the moment.

Mind you, my interest in the 135i at the moment has caused me for the first time ever to get incredibly close to reaching my download quota before Telstra starts slowing my speed. Only 1.5Gb left, but another 10 days..... Now where did those other 10Gb's go....
:hitcomput:

airhead · 07-04-2008, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dodgey

I could have put it on a flash disk for you matey

I also have the "Inside Jaguar" show that aired before the BMW one if you want...

You just want another excuse to drive my car

Corvette Factory is on next week, that should be interesting.

amk2912 · 07-04-2008, 08:54 AM

The BMW Super Factory doco was good.....even though the the "zee fourwa" pronunciation got on my wick after a while!

Mr_D · 07-04-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AussieRacer

Dodgey posted the torrent link above: http://www.mininova.org/tor/1559035

I've still got 7hrs to go, but cause I run a laptop it has been on/off and is a little away from the router at the moment.

Mind you, my interest in the 135i at the moment has caused me for the first time ever to get incredibly close to reaching my download quota before Telstra starts slowing my speed. Only 1.5Gb left, but another 10 days..... Now where did those other 10Gb's go....
:hitcomput:

Dude....blow off Telstra!!
If you are metro Melb based...try TPG...ADSL2+ should be available at your exchange...TPG plans are LOADS better than anything Telstra have on offer.
We have a 50GB + VOIP ADSL2+ service in the house works magic. Comes in handy for Mininova\TorrentBox etc

Mr_D · 07-04-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Wraith

I'm a member of several other car type forums as some of you know and the topic of other car types usually comes up on those boards for discussion, as is usually the case...

Anyways, there are quite a few Beemer enthusiasts on the Opel Australia forum and the topic of BMW manufacturer/production came up a while ago...

It seems that BMW are using manufacturing plants in Sth. Africa to produce alot of their range these days, does anyone know if this is the case the the 1er series also ??

Do you think or does anyone know if this impacts on quality, compared to if they were being produced/assembled in Germany ??

Thoughts/discussion...

Wraith...
these are some interesting production plant stats...they arent up to date mind...but enough to give you a taste.
My 3 series E90 is built in the South African BMW plant - in Pretoria I think it is. Quality of build is excellent.

SimonB · 07-04-2008, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by airhead

Thank you to whoever has too much spare bandwidth. Got it in less than hour!

Yeah, I got it in 45mins too. Still seeding it here, thanks Dodgey.

cozza · 07-04-2008, 08:22 PM

Agreed. TPG is the way to go. I downloaded it in no time. Thanks for the link. Looking forward to watching it.

amk2912 · 07-04-2008, 08:29 PM

It's pretty obvious why most of BMW's "bread and butter" cars (3 series) come from South Africa. Lower production / assembly costs = greater profit. Not that I have a problem with generating as much profit as possible.

AussieRacer · 07-05-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kabriolett

Dude....blow off Telstra!!
If you are metro Melb based...try TPG...ADSL2+ should be available at your exchange...TPG plans are LOADS better than anything Telstra have on offer.
We have a 50GB + VOIP ADSL2+ service in the house works magic. Comes in handy for Mininova\TorrentBox etc

Unfortunately looks like my exchange only has ADSL, not ADSL2+.....

That said when I hardwire my Mac into the router I can easily see speeds over 25000kb/s download and 1500kb/s upload. I think I just need to move upto the next Telstra plan of 25Gb.

Kris · 07-06-2008, 05:20 PM

Downloaded the factory vid, i thought it was in HD

Will watch it tonight (thanks Joe!)

smarm · 07-06-2008, 06:57 PM

Thanks for this!

Saw it on the vortex when I didn't have BB, but now I'm back home, snagging this as we speak!

Wraith · 07-06-2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Kabriolett

Wraith...
these are some interesting production plant stats...they arent up to date mind...but enough to give you a taste.
My 3 series E90 is built in the South African BMW plant - in Pretoria I think it is. Quality of build is excellent.

Thankyou again guys, to yourself and Cozza's post on previous page, for the answers and info you've provided...interesting read and fully answered my initial questions :smile:

Cheers :smile:

AussieRacer · 07-07-2008, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by smarm

Thanks for this!

Saw it on the vortex when I didn't have BB, but now I'm back home, snagging this as we speak!

OT, but did you see any good action in Darwin over the weekend?

smarm · 07-07-2008, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by AussieRacer

OT, but did you see any good action in Darwin over the weekend?

Nah, it was pretty quiet weekend TBH, amazing the way Darwin got behind the V8 round though. Didn't mind the V8 utes.

Also had a bit of fun in the Cayenne as a chase car :biggrin:

PS. You attending next months Shannons Nationals at PI?

andrew@southernBM · 07-07-2008, 07:43 AM

Hey Smarm,

I was just at the BMWCCV meeting and the Guest speaker works at F1 GP as a volunteer and went through all the behind the scenes, interesting stuff.

smarm · 07-07-2008, 08:22 PM

Hi Andrew

The logistics of it is pretty amazing! Especially once you start talking about the European GPs and the teams have ALL their gear/trailers there.

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